Today’s Headlines

8:59 AM EDT on May 28, 2013

Bike-Share Headlines:

Bike-Share Debuts, Giving New Yorkers a New Transit Option (NYT, AP, WSJ, News)
In First Six Hours, Bike-Share Logged 6,050 Trips, 13,768 Miles, And Totaled 16,463 Members (Citi Bike)
Daily News Reporter (No, Not That One) Loves Citi Bike, Cuts His Commute Time by More Than Half
Times Reporters Test Bike-Share and Find It's Competitive With (Often Faster Than) Cab, Bus, or Subway
Gothamist's Jake Dobkin: "It's Going to Be a Life-Changer"
If You Read Only the Post, You Might Think Bike-Share Is an Irredeemable Failure
Matt Yglesias: Bike-Share, Which Thrives on Density, an Ideal Match for NYC (Slate)
TV Stations All Aired Essentially the Same Bike-Share Report (NY1, WCBS, Fox 5, WNBC, WABC, WPIX)
Denis Hamill Incoherently Proclaims "I Hate His Obnoxious Bike Lanes, But I Like Mike's Bikes" (News)
Alta May Have Violated DC Wage Laws, So Tish James Looks Into NYC Labor Rules (In These Times)

Other Headlines:

News and Post Bizarrely Talk About Bike-Share After Driver Kills Cyclist Mai Zhang, 74, in Bensonhurst
Hit-And-Run Driver Critically Injures 23 Year-Old Man on Tremont Avenue in Bronx (Post 1, 2)
Bill Perkins Keeps 125th Street Bus Riders Waiting as DOT and MTA Gut Bus Lane Plan (DNA, News)
Ray Kelly Says He Isn't Running for Mayor, Despite Poll and GOP Draft Effort (CapNY, Village Voice)
Post Movie Critic Rehashes Bogus AAA Survey to Bash Camera Enforcement (Gothamist)
Diane Savino, Lobbying for Better Bus Service, Also Voted to Raid MTA Funds (2nd Avenue Sagas)
Kimmelman: City Council Should Play Hardball With MSG and Close Penn Station Loophole (NYT)
Taxi Driver Crashes Into Bar Whose Owner Was Killed by Speeding Driver in 2011 (Bowery Boogie)
Dollar Van Driver With 23 Prior Arrests Rams NYPD Vehicle, Leads Cops on Crown Heights Chase (Post)
Abandoned Car Shuts Brooklyn Bridge for Two Hours Over Terrorism Risk (News, Post)

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In spring 2017, Stephen wrote for Streetsblog USA, covering the livable streets movement and transportation policy developments around the nation. From August 2012 to October 2015, he was a reporter for Streetsblog NYC, covering livable streets and transportation issues in the city and the region. After joining Streetsblog, he covered the tail end of the Bloomberg administration and the launch of Citi Bike. Since then, he covered mayoral elections, the de Blasio administration's ongoing Vision Zero campaign, and New York City's ever-evolving street safety and livable streets movements.

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